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(Unverified)Nov 6th 2009 2:16PM

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We talked about this here:

http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/11/03/hacked-iphones-held-hostage-5-euros/

As we stated in the article, the hacker did take down the link and reportedly returned the money. But the concept has been proven.

We've seen this tactic before. Back in 2006 we saw a Trojan that
encrypted the contents of My Documents and then dropped a file that had
"instructions" on how to get your stuff back. It usually involved
sending money or buying stuff from a CanPharm page. Here's the post if
you are interested:
http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2006/06/arhiveus.html

and here's the money tactic:
http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2006/03/zippo.html

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